Chemical ID
DIOSGENIN
Ubiquitous
No
Activity | Dosage | Reference |
---|---|---|
Antifatigue | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
Antiinflammatory | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
Antistress | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
Estrogenic | 20-40 mg/kg/day/15 day scu mus | Duke, 1992 * |
Hepatoprotective | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
Hypocholesterolemic | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
Mastogenic | 20-40 mg/kg/day/15 day scu mus | Duke, 1992 * |
Plant Name | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Agave sisalana | Plant | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
Aletris farinosa | Root | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
Areca catechu | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
Asparagus officinalis | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
Balanites aegyptiacus | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
Chamaelirium luteum | Root | not available | 222.2 | -1.4 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
Costus speciosus | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
Daucus carota | Tissue Culture | 5400.0 | 6000.0 | 1.4 | Duke, 1992 * |
Daucus carota | Root | 5400.0 | 6000.0 | 0.7 | Duke, 1992 * |
Dioscorea bulbifera | Tuber | not available | 4500.0 | -1.0 | Duke, 1992 * |
Dioscorea composita | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
Dioscorea sp. | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
Dioscorea villosa | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
Dioscorea villosa | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
Dioscorea villosa | Tuber | not available | 23000.0 | 1.0 | Duke, 1992 * |
Jateorhiza palmata | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
Lycium chinense | Flower | not available | 7300.0 | not available | Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. |
Medicago sativa | Seed | not available | 1000.0 | -0.7 | Duke, 1992 * |
Melilotus officinalis | Seed | not available | 1000.0 | -0.7 | Duke, 1992 * |
Momordica charantia | Tissue Culture | not available | 13.7 | -0.7 | Jim Duke's personal files. |